Language name and locationː Tuparí, Rondônia state, Brazil [Refer to Ethnologue]
言名称和分布地区图帕里语, 巴西西北部朗多尼亚州亚马逊森林区波罗罗卡河, 布朗库河, 瓜波雷河支流流域地区 

 

1. kiẽm (a root meaning 'one', plus the instrumental-allative case -m)

2. hʉɾʉɾe (from hʉrʉ, meaning 'pair', and the oblique case ending -eɾe)

3. hʉɾʉnõʔõm  (literally, 'a pair, a single/friendless one')

4. hʉɾʉhʉɾʉ  (literally, 'pair pair')

5. hʉɾʉhʉɾʉnõʔõm  (literally, 'a pair, a pair, and a single/friendless one')

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Adam Roth Singerman, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, August 13, 2015.

提供资的语言家: Dr. Adam Roth Singerman, 2015 年 8 月 13 日.

 

Other comments: Tuparí is a moribund language spoken by 150 speakers out of 430 ethnic population in Rondônia state: Pororoca Post, Branco river, tributary of the Guaporé. Tuparí has only two words for numerals. Please note that all of these numerals have been lexicalized as adverbs rather than adjectival modifiers. They do not sit within the noun / determiner phrase; rather, they occupy adverbial positions within the clause.


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